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and, do you consider yourself a weekend warrior, a guide, or a dirtbag?

Personally I have been getting outside on rock on average 35 days a year for the last 5 or so years, with the most being 53 days in 2009. I am a weekend warrior.

I used to climb three days a week and all week end summer before. Climbing around 24 multi pitch route in a summer. more than the summit of everest, which is around 8900 meters.

As I had problem to find trad climber in quebec and that the cliff is more remote, I onsight to 5.10 any where (poko fastest gun, book cathedral,

When I met Base, I was confident in my approach of climbing. One day, he show me how to protect a pitch. Every thing was perfect. So, even if I had good technique...I improve a lot with Base. It is not always by what he said, but by how he climb. He he

on rock, 60-70. that's 2-3 times a week during the season. I'm not guiding as much as I used to, but still try to get out a lot. FWIW in winter it drops to twice a week on average.

I realize that my case is unusual as I live within walking distance to Cathedral and Whitehorse, and a 5 minute bike ride to Humphrey's. in the winter I walk down to the North End to do a lap or two at lunch, the way I used to go to Hammond Pond when I was living in Chestnut Hill in Boston.

I don't keep track, but you might call me a semi-dirtbag. I work as a teacher, and have been able to take advantage of the summer break for climbing. Between that and weekends I probably get 80-100 days?

55 on rock; another 20+ on ice; my ski instructor job keeps me from more ice days than that ( but I average 55 days skiing as well); part time rock & ice guide, otherwise retired high school teacher finally "livin' the dream"!

Counting Ice my best year was 190. Also slept at least 90 nights in the Vanagon that year:) I did over 150 for many years. Working way too much these days . Somehow the last two years I hit 94 on the button according to my climbing journal.

I USED to do 150 + days a year and work full time, etc ..of course i was a bit younger....prolly hit 250 once or twice

Now I'm hoping for 75-100 days this year as a semi-disabled , old timer

Holy shit! I am certain that I'd be out with an injury if I logged a 250-day year. I used to keep pretty good notes, and according to those notes, not counting ice, alpine, and mixed:

2010: 68 days2011: 93 days (I developed elbow tendonitis at the end of the season that caused me to get a late start in 2012)2012: 76 days 2013: 31 days

My wife was out for most of 2013 with an injury. Not surprisingly, I've been climbing like shit for the past 18 months. HOWEVER, I still enjoyed each and every climbing day, and, I have a good feeling about 2014.

DLottmann

I was 200+ from 2001-2004 when I was new to MWV... waiting tables/bartending helped keep my days free... started guiding in 2004 which actually reduced my climbing days a bit, and now with a 2 year old Iíld guess I climb rock about 40 days, ice about 12, teach avalanche courses about 30, and general mountaineering about 15-20... probably recreational of the about 20 days.... so 1/3 days in the mountains.... canít complain! I think when my son is of age Iíll get a lot more days back on the rock....

I had a good string of years where I probably average around 5 days a week either on rock, skis, or ice. So my best years were around 250, with about 70 or so being on rock, but most of those were short days cragging. 6 of the last 8 I've hit my goal of 100 days on skis, this year I'm at 20 but that's what you get for no pass and a backcountry season that only started in Feb. I'm around mid 20's for ice this year.